Contrary Quotes
Contrary Quote of the day
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.
Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.
Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.
If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
The Jew is contrary to our being. ... He desecrated our people, spit on our ideals, paralyzed the strength of the nation, made our customs rotten, and polluted the morale.
For me there is no gap between my painting and my so-called 'decorative' work. I never considered the 'minor arts' to be artistically frustrating; on the contrary, it was an extension of my art.
Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"
As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.
Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
Elegance and comfort are not incompatible, and whoever maintains the contrary simply doesn't know what he's talking about
Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.
Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones but by extreme positions of the opposite kind.
But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the planet Earth.
The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more!
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.
In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.
On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.
A potent poison becomes the best drug on proper administration. On the contrary, even the best drug becomes a potent poison if used badly
I call upon my God to judge me, he knows that I love my friends and above all others my wife and children, the, oppinion of the world to contrary notwithstanding.
Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude.
Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.
Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don't need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes.
Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny jeans.
It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
That the arts are corrupt does not mean that Christians can abandon them. On the contrary, the corruption of the arts means that Christians dare not abandon them any longer.
Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal.